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5Senior University ofGreater Atlanta,
5Senior University ofGreater Atlanta, Inc.⠀SUGA⤀SPRINGQUARTER, 2017REGISTRATION FORMPlease put a check mark beside the class you wish to attend:WEDNESDAY, 9:30-10:30FRIDAY, 9:30-10:30______Potpourri ⠀Aqua/Stein⤀_______Yerkes ⠀Newbern⤀______Book Reviews ⠀Collins/Nader⤀_______Western Civ. Architecture ⠀Cooper⤀______Public Health ⠀Elsea⤀_______Retirement ⠀Geller⤀WEDNESDAY, 11:00-12:00FRIDAY, 11:00-12:00_____Looking at Art ⠀Katz⤀_______Drawing ⠀B. Alexander⤀_____Jazz ⠀Lind⤀_______Great Decisions ⠀G. Brown⤀ ____Game Changers ⠀Ross⤀_______Civil War ⠀Evans⤀Name: __________________________________________________________________________Full Address: _______________________________________________________________________Phone and Email: ___________________________________________________________________Date Form Submitted: ____________________________________________________Place in tray on Coordinator‚s Table or mail:Bill Beeson, SUGA, PO Box 941338, Atlanta GA 31141For further information on Senior University contact:Bill Beeson, SUGA Coordinator,470-485-SUGA,senioruniversity@comcast.netFor Office Use OnlyD_____E_____N_____$______-___4Link to Google Map for Rehoboth Baptist Church:https://www.google.com/maps/place/Rehoboth+Baptist+Church/@33.8295175,-84.2474556,15z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0xe9f9b24f37a09b91!8m2!3d33.8295175!4d-84.24745563Gothic, Renaissance, Classical Revival, Modernism, International Style, up to and includingcontemporary times.MAKE YOUR RETIREMENT REMARKABLE!Margo Geller,Licensed Counselor ⠀LCSW⤀ and Certified Retirement Coach ⠀CRC⤀We will focus on your €Non-Financial Retirement Plan. Uponcompletion of the course youwill have an

easy-to-implement change plan. Your
easy-to-implement change plan. Your retirement life will become more fulfillingand more remarkable! What is working well in your retirement ⠀or semi-retirement⤀ life? Whatis not working well? What could you easily change and what would take some work? What isunchangeable? What is your €Purpose or Passion? What are your highest priorities? Whatare your current goals? The areas of focus are health, relationships, learning and leisureactivities, work and volunteer work.FRIDAYS, 11:00DRAWING FROM YOUR LIFEBetsy Alexander,Member, SUGAThere is a reluctant artist in all of us. Those individuals who were never encouraged, neverdeveloped their natural abilities. Drawing is a learnable skill. You will be looking atcommonplace things in your life in a new and different way. As your observational skillsdevelop, you‚ll learn to put what you see on paper. Bring a sketchbook and your choice ofpencils or pens.GREAT DECISIONS 2017George Brownretired President, Friendship Force International, PhD, International Relations,Member, SUGAGreat Decisions is an annual program developed by the Foreign Policy Association ⠀FPA⤀, anon-partisan organization whose mission is to promote interest and understanding of policyissues that impact our world. Fascinating topics this year include: The Future of Europe:Coping With Crisis; Trade, Jobs and Politics; Conflict in the South China Sea; Saudi Arabia inTransition; U.S. Foreign Policy and Petroleum; Latin America‚s Political Pendulum; Prospectsfor Afghanistan and Pakistan; Nuclear Security: The Enduring Challenge of Nuclear Weapons.Everyone is urged to purchase a copy of the booklet so you can participate in our lively groupdiscussions. Booklets will be available at the Coordinator‚s table during February⠀approxim

ately $25⤀.A DIFFERENT LOOK ATTHE CI
ately $25⤀.A DIFFERENT LOOK ATTHE CIVIL WARJohn Evans, MA Curriculum Development, retired public school administratorThis course is NOT designed to tell the whole story of the war. We will briefly cover thestrategies and then spend time examining the impact this war had on the civilian population,the national economy, and racial structure. Many €stories and €asides will be presented,considering a number of interesting and little known events and people.This class will beinformal with opportunity for members to ask questions, discuss topics, and share their€stories.2WEDNESDAYS, 11:00THE ART OF LOOKING AT AND INTERPRETING ORIGINAL OBJECTSSusanne Katz,Museum Curator, Director and Educator; Photographer; Author/WriterBefore examining specific styles of art, the class will learn how to €look at and talk about art.How to collect historic photography materials is the next topic, followed by Folk Art ⠀HowardFinster, Lonnie Holley and others⤀; Face Jugs; Kachinas and Skulls; Milagros ⠀charms andhealing from the Mexican tradition⤀, Symbols and Iconography ⠀flags, religious objects,swastikas, etc.⤀ and finally, €Writing About What you See.JAZZ: HISTORY OF THE BIG BANDSAlan Lind,jazz aficionado whose jazz library consists of 200+ books and over 9000 albumsCourse will examine the jazz band from its earliest form to the present. Most people arefamiliar with the Duke Ellington Orchestra and Woody Herman‚s €Band That Plays the Blues.How about Erskine Hawkins and His Orchestra, or Kendrick Oliver & The New Life JazzOrchestra? Where did Big Bands originate and where did they go? Contrary to the currentassumption, they did not die. We will examine where they went and how theygot there.GAME CHANGERSBrandt Ross,former business CEO, Mergers& Ac

quisitions Intermediary, & folk singer
quisitions Intermediary, & folk singerEight €game changing topics: The Erie Canal ⠀€It changed the countryâ¤€; €Westward HoƒLewis & Clark, Oregon Trail and the TranscontinentalRailroad; Andrew Jackson: Hero orVillain?; Kit Carson: Mountain man, scout, soldier & guide; John Wesley Powell„ soldier,explorer, scientist; Three Ladies: Harriet Tubman, Ida B. Wells and Cynthia Ann Parker; TheDust Bowl ⠀€when the sky turned blackâ¤€;Abigail Adams: Founding Mother. Classes includecontemporaneous folk music.FRIDAYS, 9:30YERKES RESEARCH: DISCOVERING CAUSES, PREVENTIONS, TREATMENTS AND CURESYerkes National Primate Research Center Researchers. Lisa Newbern, Coordinator.The YerkesNational Primate Research Center, Emory University, is helping people worldwideand across generations live longer, healthier lives. The center is dedicated to discoveringcauses, preventions, treatments and cures. Hear from the researchers who are fightingdisease and improving human health and well-being.A VIEW INTO THE SOCIETIES OF WESTERN CIVILIZATIONJerome Cooper, architect,Principal in COOPER CARRY, national architecture firmDown through history, the profile that societies have left as a legacy to ensuing societies hasbeen generally reflected in three characteristics: The Structure of their Society; The Values oftheir Society, The Technology that was available to their Society. The buildings that were builtto serve each of those societies, when they were at their best, reflected these threecharacteristics. The course will explore these societies in terms of their architecturebeginning with Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Early Christian, Romanesque,1Senior University ofGreater Atlanta,Inc.⠀SUGA⤀Meeting atRehoboth Baptist Church2997 Lawrenceville Hwy.Tuc

ker, GA 30084SPRING QUARTER, 2017⠀S
ker, GA 30084SPRING QUARTER, 2017⠀See School Year Calendar for Dates⤀WEDNESDAYS, 9:30POTPOURRI: MEMOIRS, JOURNEYS AND PERSPECTIVESEd Aqua and Sid Stein,Co-Chairs of the Edgewise Program, Marcus Jewish CommunityCenter of Atlanta ⠀MJCCA⤀; Members, SUGAThe Surgeon General of the US ⠀retired⤀ sets the stage for this series with its theme of €ThinkGlobal and Act Local. Other topics to be addressed include €Football and World War II,€Alternate Energy Sources, and €Technology, the Patient and Health Care. The class willalso hear from speakers from the FBI, the €Fed, Emory and Georgia State. These speakershave made exceptional contributions to humanity and will present optimistic perspectiveswith stories of commitment and perseverance.THE INFLUENCE OF BOOKSKay Collins and Marcy Nader, Coordinators.Members,SUGASeveral years agoa member who was a voracious reader chose eight of his favorite books todiscuss. He told the class about the author, the story or content and his reasons for choosingthe book. He moved away, but we have revived the idea. Each week, one or two members ofthe book clubor SUGAwill discuss a book of his/her choice. Titles may range through fiction,non-fiction, children's books, current best sellers or classics. What these bookshave incommon is that they lit a spark that each readerwould like to share.PUBLIC HEALTH ROUNDSWilliam Elsea, M.D., MPH,Epidemic Intelligence Service, CDC ⠀retired⤀;Member, SUGAWhat is Public Health? Epidemiology? The EIS? How do they work? Examples from hepatitisin Connecticut to murder in Atlanta ⠀and brown poodles in China!⤀ We‚ll have discussionswith CDC experts and others on contemporary health topics such as violence, addiction, Zika,AIDS, Haitian Public Health and Ebola